Author: 21st Century Competition

European Commission – Antitrust: Commission adopts revised safe harbours for minor agreements (“De Minimis Notice”) and provides guidance on “by object” restrictions of competition – Frequently asked questions

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European Commission Memo Brussels, 25 June 2014 What is the De Minimis Notice? Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) prohibits agreements between companies which have as their object or effect to restrict competition within the Single Market. …read more

European Commission – Antitrust: Commission fines three producers of canned mushrooms € 32 million in cartel settlement

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European Commission Press release Brussels, 25 June 2014 The European Commission has found that Lutèce, Prochamp and Bonduelle participated in a cartel to coordinate prices and allocate customers of canned mushrooms in Europe during more than a year and has imposed fines totalling € 32 225 000. …read more

European Commission – Antitrust: Commission adopts revised safe harbour rules for minor agreements (“De Minimis Notice”)

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European Commission Press release Brussels, 25 June 2014 The European Commission has issued revised rules (its so-called “De Minimis Notice”) for assessing when minor agreements between companies are not caught by the general prohibition of anticompetitive practices under EU competition law. …read more

CASL (Anti-spam Law) & Social Media – What’s the Deal With Social? (Canadian Competition and Regulatory Law)

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June 24, 2014

Over the past several months I’ve begun to increasingly turn my mind both to Canada’s new anti-spam legislation (CASL) and its potential application to social media in particular.

In general, CASL will, once largely in force July 1st, create a mandatory advance express consent regime for commercial electronic messages …read more